No venue has been decided yet for the Iran nuclear talks due to start on April 13, with Iran now suggesting that the talks could take place in Beijing, Beirut, Baghdad or even Damascus.

Violence has erupted in Athens, after a pensioner committed suicide near the Parliament.

The WTO Appellate Body held that the US ban on clove cigarettes is discriminatory because menthol flavored cigarettes, which it considered to be “like products”, do not fall within the ban.

The Dutch government has recalled its ambassador to Suriname after its former colony passed a law granting former dictator Bouterse and his associates immunity from prosecution.

The European Commission has referred the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to the European Court of Justice to examine whether the agreement breaches fundamental rights such as the freedom of expression. The European Parliament had earlier refused to refer the Agreement to the ECJ, with some members preferring to reject the agreement outright.

March 24, 2015Responding to Rogier Bartels About Perfidy at Just Security
My friend Rogier Bartels published two excellent posts at Just Security over the past few days (here and here) in which he argues that it is inherently perfidious to launch an attack from a military object disguised as a civilian object. Just Secur...